What famous quote did Brezhnev use to describe what it took to get the Vladivostok Agreement approved?
"Spilled political blood"
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What comment did Gromyko make about Carter changing the terms of the SALT II agreement?
a 'cheap and shady manueuver'
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When did SALT I expire?
1977
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What did the USSR place in Europe?
**-20 bombers
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What was the name of the leader of China post 1976
Deng Xiaoping
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What part of Detente made the US feel wasn't fair?
That the Soviets appeared to be benefiting more than they did
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When did Jimmy Carter replace Ford as US president?
January 1977
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When was the date that the new proposal that Carter had created to limit the amount of ICBM production and general reduction of weapons?
28th March 1977
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What part of Detente was the US not going to allow the USSR to get away with?
abusing Human Rights 'not going to ignore Soviet abuse of human rights'
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When did Carter and Brezhnev sign SALT II?
1979
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What expression did Carter use to describe the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?
biggest threat to peace since 1945
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What was main geographical reason the Soviets wanted to improve foreign relations?
they had enemies on all sides. Felt encircled
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What domestic problems did the USSR face and what did this result in?
failed to extract oil and gas. Needed America's modern technology to do so.
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How much was the Vietnam War costing the USA a year?
$30 billion
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What was detente considered to be (quote)?
a move towards 'peaceful coexistence'
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Where was SALT II signed?
Vienna Summit
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What did the US do that made SALT II obsolete?
continued mirving
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Who were the Refuseniks?
Jews from the USSR who weren't allowed to move to Israel
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What did the USA gain from Detente?
cut down on nuclear spending, people felt safer, opened manufacturing market to the USSR, able to pass Human Rights ideology, peace in Vietnam
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What did the USSR gain from Detente?
purchased large amounts of grain from the USA (more red meat available), opened western markets, sharing of technology, freedom of movement, USA wouldn't interfere with Soviet sphere of influence
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Why was America against the Helsinki Act?
becuase they were worried it would result in Germany being permanently divided
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When and where was SALT I signed?
21st December 1972 in East Berlin
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When did the FRG and GDR join the United Nations?
September 1973
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What was the basis of basket 1 of the Helsinki Accords?
Security in Europe
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What was the basis of basket 2 of the Helsinki Accords?
economics of science and technology and the environment
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What was the basis of basket 3 of the Helsinki Accords?
allowed freedom of speech and improved education
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who was the chancellor of east Germany in 1969?
Willy Brandt
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What was the name of the man considered 'the last Stalinist?'
Walter Ulbricht
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What event in Europe made Kissinger realise he needed to do the same with the USSR?
'two states within one German nation' (early form of detente in Germany 1972.
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What did Raegan say about Detente after SALT I?
'so far, Detente's been a a one-way street which the Soviet Union has used to pursue its own aims'.
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How many warheads did the soviets and america have by 1973?
USA = 6,000 Soviets = 2,500
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how many warheads did the Soviet Union and USA have by 1977?
USA = 10,000 Soviets = 4,000
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When was the Apollo-Soyuz space link up?
17th July 1975
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how much money did the USSR receive credits for in grain from the USA?
$750 million's worth
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What did SALT I not include and what did SALT II not include?
SALT I = MIRV missiles, SALT II = cruise missiles
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When was the non-aggression act signed between Brandt and the USSR?
1970
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What comment did Gromyko make about Carter changing the terms of the SALT II agreement?
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a 'cheap and shady manueuver'
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When did SALT I expire?
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Card 4
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What did the USSR place in Europe?
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Card 5
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What was the name of the leader of China post 1976
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